Suspect arrested in fatal shooting at Augusta gas station
AUGUSTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - The Richmond County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a suspect in connection to the shooting death of a 32-year-old at an Augusta gas station, we learned Monday.
According to Richmond County jail records, Jantez Willie Durden, 32, was arrested and charged with murder, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon during a crime the same day as the shooting.
Burke County deputies investigate shooting death
The Burke County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a shooting death, we learned Monday morning.
Coroner Mark Bowen said Alvin Rivers, of Thomson, was shot at least one time in the parking lot of an Exxon gas station at 2061 Gordon Highway.
Authorities say deputies found the victim laying on the ground next to a gas pump with one gunshot wound to his head.
Arrest warrants say Durden discharged a projectile from a black unknown-model Glock firearm.
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Rivers’ funeral services will be set for a future date that has yet to be determined.
Officials say the shooting happened at 1:57 a.m. last Tuesday.
Rivers was transported to Wellstar MCG Hospital after the shooting, according to the coroner’s office.
Bowen said Rivers was pronounced dead on Friday at 1:40 p.m.
An autopsy has been scheduled for Rivers.
According to authorities, there were two witnesses, the victim’s wife and a friend.
27-year-old killed, teen in critical condition after crash in Tignall
A 27-year-old was killed and a 17-year-old is in critical condition after a crash in Wilkes County over the weekend, we learned on Monday morning.
The slaying is among the latest in a more than two-year outbreak of violent crime that’s claimed about 200 lives across the CSRA.
Communities large and small have been affected on both sides of the Savannah River.
But as the largest city in the region, Augusta has been hit especially hard.
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